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11th ELSA Moot Court Competition
Final Report
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Contents..................................................................................................... 1
1. Foreword ................................................................................................ 3
2. Background, structure and timeline...................................................... 6
2.1. About ELSA ..................................................................................................... 6
2.1 The ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO law ..................................... 6
3. National Rounds ................................................................................... 8
4. Asia Regional Round - Taipei, Taiwan ................................................. 9
4.1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 9
4.2. Panelists ............................................................................................................. 9
4.3. Participating Universities ................................................................................. 9
4.4 Preliminary Round Scores .............................................................................. 10
4.5. Semi-Final Scores ........................................................................................... 12
4.6. Individual Oral Pleading Scores ................................................................... 13
4.7. Awards and Prizes .......................................................................................... 18
4.8. Concluding Remarks ...................................................................................... 19
5. All-America Regional Round – San José, Costa Rica.................. 20
5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 20
5.2. Panelists ........................................................................................................... 20
5.3. Participating Universities ............................................................................... 21
5.4. Preliminary Round Scores ............................................................................. 21
5.5. Semi-Final Scores ........................................................................................... 23
5.6. Grand Final scores ......................................................................................... 24
5.7. Individual Oral Pleading scores.................................................................... 25
5.8. Awards and Prizes .......................................................................................... 32
5.9. Concluding Remarks ...................................................................................... 33
6. European Regional Round – Cluj-Napoca, Romania ....................... 34
6.1. Introduction .................................................................................................... 34
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6.2. Panelists ........................................................................................................... 34
6.3. Participating Universities ............................................................................... 34
6.4 Preliminary Round Scores .............................................................................. 35
6.5. Semi-Final Scores ........................................................................................... 36
6.6. Grand Final Scores ......................................................................................... 37
6.7. Individual Oral Pleading scores.................................................................... 37
6.8. Awards and Prizes .......................................................................................... 41
6.9. Concluding Remarks ...................................................................................... 42
7. Europe Regional Round – Porto, Portugal ......................................... 43
7.1. Introduction .................................................................................................... 43
7.2. Panelists ........................................................................................................... 43
7.3. Participating Universities ............................................................................... 43
7.4. Preliminary Round Scores ............................................................................. 44
7.5. Semi-Final Scores ........................................................................................... 45
7.6. Grand Final Scores ......................................................................................... 46
7.7. Individual Oral Pleading Scores ................................................................... 46
7.8. Awards and Prizes .......................................................................................... 51
7.9. Concluding Remarks ...................................................................................... 51
8. The Final Oral Round ......................................................................... 53
8.1. Introduction .................................................................................................... 53
8.2. Panelists ........................................................................................................... 53
8.3. Participating Universities ............................................................................... 54
8.4. Preliminary Round Scores ............................................................................. 55
8.5 Quarter Final Scores ....................................................................................... 57
8.6. Semi-Final Scores ........................................................................................... 58
8.7. Individual Oral Pleading Scores ................................................................... 59
8.8. Awards and Prizes .......................................................................................... 66
8.9. Career Panel .................................................................................................... 67
8.10. Concluding Remarks .................................................................................... 68
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Dear Reader,
This Final Report of the 11th edition of the ELSA Moot Court Competition on
WTO law finally concludes the overall competition 2012/2013.
The 11th edition was a special one for me. Due to some changes in the
organizational part, I had to face the issue of finding a new Case Author,
Regional Round organizers and to host the Final Oral Round myself. It was a
challenge, but most of all a real pleasure to work together for the first time
with the Asian Law Students’ Association and ACODI in Costa Rica. The
competition in this year was truly organized solely by law students for law
students all around the globe. With the great support of Lothar Ehring a Case
Author was found and the competition could finally be launched on the 30th of
September.
An unbelievable number of 84 teams had registered until December. After the
Written Submission Deadline in January 2013, my own personal world tour
began. I was the first Vice President for Moot Court Competitions of ELSA to
travel to each and every Regional Round taking place over the globe. In 4
weeks I travelled to Taipei, San José, Cluj-Napoca, Porto – each Round was
unique and special. Each organizer had put their outmost efforts in hosting the
event and I truly enjoyed all of them and especially working together with law
students in each part of the world. At this point I need to thank 3 individuals –
Jan Bohanes, Prof Lei Zhang and Prof Ewing Chow who helped me until the
very end to find panelists for the Regional Rounds.
The Final Oral Round was organized for the first time in a long period again
solely by the International Board of ELSA, in particular by the Vice President
for Moot Court Competitions, together with an International Organising
Committee. The structure of the organisation of the Final Round was changed
in order to drastically reduce the participation fees for each participant and for
being able to set a stable basis for the future organization of the Final Round
being constantly in Geneva.
For the first time 20 teams were invited to plead in front of WTO academics in
Geneva itself. Mostly, I would like to thank the Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies Geneva for providing us with their
Villas where the pleadings took place and a huge organizational support! In the
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end, it was a pleasure for me to see the teams interacting with each other and
participants from each region of the world in the Quarter-vFinals. I would like
to congratulate the Pontificia University Javeriana from Colombia for an
outstanding performance in the Grand Final and for being the Winners’ of this
years’ edition! I would also like to congratulate each and every participant – I
hope they could gather valuable contacts, inputs and memories.
I would like to thank the Case Author Prof Dr Herrmann for creating a unique
and very challenging Case, the Case Review Board for helping the latter, the
Academic Board for their academic support, the panelists for sitting in endless
pleading sessions, the Organizing Committees all around the world, the
International Organising Committee of the Final Round and the participants
without whom the competition would not have been possible!
Very special thanks go to my International Board – Bartosz, Alpo, Anette,
Anders, Vasco, Federica, Dena. You have listened to my endless ideas and
supported me in good or bad times along the way. You are a true family for me
and I am thankful for everything!
I would also like to thank our Corporate Partner, CMS and our Human Rights
Partner, the Council of Europe.
Big thanks goes to the long-term sponsors who provide the teams with prizes
and educational support: The World Trade Institute, ALTIUS law firm, the
University of Barcelona’s Master Programme on International Economic Law
and Policy (IELPO), Globe Law and Business, Swiss Airlines as well as the
National and Regional Round sponsors.
Special thanks go to the technical supporter of the competition, the WTO, in
particular Marisa Goldstein and Gabrielle Marceau. They have put all their
efforts in supporting me with the competition. I would like to thank all the
WTO individuals who have regained their faith in ELSA and to support the
competition in future as well.
I hope and believe that the ELSA Moot Court will reach out to Africa and the
Middle East in order to bring law students in every corner of the world closer
to WTO law. I hope that the participants could gain valuable assistance and
motivation to strive for a career in international trade law.
Personally, I started my ELSA career with being a participant myself in the 8th
edition 2009/2010 and now I have been the organizer myself of the global
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wide competition. The ELSA Moot Court has changed my life and I am truly
thankful for each individual who has followed me along this path!
Sincerely yours,
Corinna Mückenheim
Vice President for Moot Court Competitions
ELSA International 2012/2013
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The European Law Students’ Association (ELSA), founded on the 4th of May
1981 is an international, independent, non-political and non-profit-making
organization run by and for law students and young lawyers. After 32 years of
existence it is the world’s largest independent law students’ association with
38.000 members in 42 countries.
The ELSA Moot Court on WTO law took place for the first time in 2003 in
Geneva. After 11 years it has expanded to National Rounds and several
Regional Rounds in North-, Latin-America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. ELSA
chose WTO law due to the growth in global trade law and to educate law
students and young lawyers in this particular field of law. Currently, ELSA is
working on expanding the competition also to the Middle-East and Africa.
The ELSA Moot Court consists of 2 phases. Firstly, teams have to deliver
Written Submissions on the issued Case for both the Complainant and the
Respondent. Secondly, the teams have to participate in one of the allocated
Regional Rounds (see rules) in one of the ELSA member states, Asia-Pacific,
North-, Latin-America or the International Written Round. The best 4 teams
of each Regional Round were qualified for the Final Oral Round. The teams
have to plead on each side during the Preliminary Rounds. The best 4 teams of
each Regional Round were qualified for the Semi-Finals. The best 2 teams
pleaded against each other in the Grand Final. In the Final Oral Round the
best 8 teams were qualified from the Preliminary Rounds to participate in the
Quarter-Finals additionally.
The Moot problem of the 11th edition was written by Prof Dr Herrmann of the
University of Passau, Germany. On the 30th of September 2012 the Case was
published and thus, the new edition launched. Teams were allowed to send in
Clarification Questions to the Case Author until the 30th of November 2012.
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One team per university could register 2-4 team members until the 16th of
December 2012. In total 84 teams had registered until that date. Until the 23rd
of January teams had to send in the Written Submissions.
In February 2013, ELSA Ukraine organized a National Round in Ukraine.
In March the Regional Rounds took place in Taipei, Taiwan organized by
ALSA Taiwan, San José, Costa Rica organized by ACODI, in Cluj-Napoca,
Romania organized by ELSA Cluj-Napoca and Porto, Portugal organized by
ELSA FDUP.
The Final Oral Round to place from the 30th of April to the 5th of May in
Geneva, Switzerland. For the first time, 20 teams were invited to plead in front
of the highest WTO academics.
The Written Submissions were assessed by 4 panelists for each team. All the
scores were added and divided by 4 minus the penalty points according to the
rules.
The Oral Pleadings were assessed as follows: in the Preliminary Rounds 3
panelists were sitting in each pleading. The Semi-Finals were 3-5 panelists and
the Grand Final was 5-9 panelists. The Panel had to issue overall points for
each team and besides that for each orator additionally.
In the Regional Rounds the Preliminary Scores were calculated as follows: 70%
Oral Pleading scores and 30 % Written Submission scores. The Semi-Finals
and Grand Final only consisted of oral pleading scores.
In the Final Oral Round only the Oral Pleading scores were calculated.
Each Panelist could give points from a range 0-100.
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On the 23-24 February 2013 in the city of Lviv ELSA Ukraine organized the
National Round of ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO law.
Teams from four universities during two days were pleading against each other
in order to distinguish those, who will proceed to the Regional Round of the
EMCC. The competition was supported by the Media Partners
http://pravotoday.in.ua/ and http://yur-gazeta.com/. There were five
panelists invited to judge the presentations of participants – practicing lawyers,
professors and experts in WTO law, among which – Roberto Rios Herran
(Appleton Luff Warsaw), who has been judging EMCC games for many times
before, Nataliya Mykolska ("Sayenko Kharenko", Kyiv); Andriy Zablotskyy
("Volkov and partners", Kyiv), Nataliya Haletska (Legal Councel at
"Softserve", Lviv), Volodymyr Motyl (WTO Law Teacher at Ivan Frank
National University of Lviv). It was a great pleasure for everybody to be
involved in the great event of EMCC and have a chance to meet one of the
best experts in WTO law in Ukraine. With their help two teams were qualified
to the Regional Round – from National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
and Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University.
After the National Round ELSA Lviv, together with the Ukrainian Bar
Association, a panel discussion on WTO law with the participation of the
National Round panelists, participants, other students and practicing lawyers
was organized. The topics of Ukraine’s involvement in the WTO and its
obligations were discussed, as well as the efficiency of WTO dispute resolution
mechanisms.
Altogether, the National Round of the EMC2 in Ukraine was a very fruitful
event, which gave to its participants a lot of motivation and inspiration.
Yana Ballod
Vice President Academic Activities
Head of the Organising Committee
ELSA Ukraine 2012/2013
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The competition took place in Taipei, Taiwan at the Soochow University from
the 4th to the 8th of March 2013. The Head of the Organizing Committee was
Ms Lenny Yang from the Asian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) together
with numerous helpers. The competition was sponsored by Tsar &Tsai Law
Firm, Y.R. Lee & Partners and PalmForce Software Inc.
Chibole Wakoli – Legal officer, WTO
Jan Bohanes – Advisory Centre on WTO law
James Nedumpara – Professor at Jindal Global Law School, India
Yun Zhao – Professor at the University of Hong Kong
Henry Ghao – Professor at Singapore Management University School of
Law
Jaemin Lee – Professor at Hanyan Uiversity, Seoul, South Korea
Julia-Ya Qin – Professor at Wayne State University, USA
Chun Lee – Professor Soochow University Taiwan
Tzu-wen Lee – Professor Soochow University Taiwan
Stephen Tean – Attorney, Baker & McKenzie Taiwan
Pi-jian Wu – Professor, Soochow University Taiwan
Tsun-Tzu Hsu – Professor Soochow University, Taiwan
030 – The University of Hong Kong, China
013 – The West Bengal National University of Juridical Science, India
031 – Amity Law School, Delhi, India
026 – Renmin University, China
069 – National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
043 – National Taiwan University, Taiwan
066 – Tsinghua University China
033 – Hldayatullah National Law University, Raipur, India
042 – Gujarat National Law University, India
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062 – Xiamen University, China
056 – University of International Business and Economics, China
018 – National Law University Jodphur, India
011 – School of Law, Christ University India
078 – University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
023 – Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
081 – Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, China
The scores of the preliminary round are calculated as follows: 30 % Written
Submission Scores and 70 % Oral Pleading Scores. The Written Submissions
were assessed by 4 panellists for each team minus the penalty points according
to the rules. The Oral Pleadings were assessed by 3 panellists each and thus, 3
scores were given, divided by 3.
Team WS
Compl
ainant
WS
Respon
dent
Overall
WS
scores
OP
Compl
ainant
OP
Respon
dent
Overall
OP
Scores
Total
WS
and
OP
030 81.25 77.5 79.375 88.1666
6667
83.5833
3333
85.875 83.925
013 69.5 77.125 73.3125 85.3333
3333
90.0833
3333
87.7083
33333
83.389
58333
031 88.5 71.125 79.8125 79 86.1666
6667
82.5833
3333
81.752
08333
026 85.625 81.75 83.6875 84.5 73.0833
3333
78.7916
6667
80.260
41667
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069 83.25 66.625 74.9375 83.0833
3333
79.3333
3333
81.2083
33333
79.327
08333
043 84 83.5 83.75 81.0833
3333
72.5833
3333
76.8333
3333
78.908
3333
066 70.625 80.375 75.5 83 76.8333
3333
79.9166
66667
78.591
6667
033 76.75 64.5 70.625 79.5 73.9166
6667
76.7083
3333
74.883
33333
042 69.375 64.75 67.0625 75.6666
6667
80.5833
3333
78.125 74.806
25
062 80.75 86.125 83.4375 68.9444
4333
72.5 70.7222
2167
74.536
80517
056 81.25 69.5 75.375 67.0833
3333
77.75 72.4166
6667
73.304
16667
018 70 72.875 71.4375 85.9166
6667
60.9166
6667
73.4166
6667
72.822
91667
011 71.125 75.625 73.375 77.9166
6667
61.5833
3333
69.75 70.837
5
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078 73.875 83.625 78.75 63.5833
3333
67.1666
6667
65.375 69.387
5
023 73.75 82.125 77.9375 61.5833
3333
59.9166
6667
60.75 65.906
25
081 64.35 63.625 63.9875 63 61.1111
1
62.0555
555
62.635
1385
In each Semi-Final 4 panellists were present and the results are the following:
Team Role Scores
030 Complainant 86.94
031 Respondent 87.3
Team Role Scores
026 Complainant 77.25
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013 Respondent 70
Team Role Scores
031 Complainant 86
026 Respondent 81.8333333
4.5.4.1. Preliminary Rounds
Team Name Complainant
Scores
Respondent
Scores
Overall Scores
013 Anviti Chaturvedi 87.25 90.8333333 89.04167
030 Ching Ha Natalie
Lam
88.583333 84.3333333 86.45833
031 Sambit Nanda 82.75 86.9166667 84.83333
030 Man Fung Ivan
Leung
84.833333 80.0833333 82.45833
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069 Szu-Yi Lee 83.583333 80.333333 81.958333
013 Aanchal Dalal 80.0833333 82.25 81.16667
026 Dewei Cheng 87.5833333 71.8333333 79.70833
069 Chieh-Ju, Liao 80.6666667 78 79.33333
066 Nga Ki So 81.3333333 76.4166667 78.875
018 Vishal Sagar 89 68.5 78.75
042 Shweta Siriam 80.0833333 76 78.04167
043 Ming-Hsi Chu 82.5833333 71.9166667 77.25
042 Harshdeep Singh 67.5 86 76.75
031 Yuvraj Khanna 69.3333333 83.91666667 76.625
066 Xiaomeng Zhang 80.8333333 71.8333333 76.33333
026 Beiming Liu 80.1666667 72.41666667 76.29167
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043 Kang-Hsuan
Huang
78.75 73.25 76
033 Hansa Sinha 80.75 69.75 75.25
033 Srijan Sinha 76.4166667 72.91666667 74.66667
011 Shweta Nambiar 81 68 74.5
062 Limin Zhang 68 80.75 74.375
018 Anusha Ramesh 83 65.4166667 74.20833
042 Sagar Godbole 69 79.3333333 74.166667
043 Shan-Ying Suk 74.1666667 72.1666667 73.16667
011 Amruthavarshini 75.4166667 67.3333333 71.375
078 Livianca Sudjana 68.6666667 72.333333 70.5
062 Yuanyuan Mo 67.3333333 63.9166667 65.625
078 Sofia Kartika Ayu 59.3333333 69 64.16667
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081 YiMei Qiao 63.91666667 57.3333333 60.625
023 Anh Ngoc Vu 61.66666667 58.5833333 60.125
030 Ming Chung Ng 88.5833333 - 44.29167
030 Hei Tung Zita
Chan
- 84.333333 42.16667
056 Haoyang Yan - 79.1666667 39.5833
056 Xiang Xu - 75.333333 37.66667
023 Hung Quang Le - 71.75 35.875
056 Qing Hu 71.6666667 - 35.83333
056 Haibao Ruan 71.4166667 - 35.708333
078 Christopher
Pribadi
69.6666667 - 34.83333
062 Bohuai Lin - 68.41666667 34.20833
081 YiXuan Chen 66.833333 - 33.41667
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023 Thinh Duc
Phung
- 59.3333333 29.66667
081 WenJing Shi 59 - 29.5
023 Giang Thu
Nguyen
56.333333 - 28.16667
081 Jing Yin - 56.3333333 28.16667
4.5.4.2. Semi-Finals
Team Name
Score
031 Sambit Nanda 89,6875
030 Ching Ha Natalie Lam 83,25
026 Dewei Cheng 81,75
030 Man Fung Ivan Leung 81,6875
031 Yuvraj Khanna 80,625
013 Anviti Chaturvedi 78,625
026 Beiming Liu 73,25
013 Aanchal Dalal 71,375
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4.5.4.2. Grand Final
Team Name
Score
031 Sambit Nanda 88,72222
026 Dewei Cheng 84, 333333
031 Yuvraj Khanna 81,166667
026 Beiming Liu 80,8666611
Winner: Team 031 Amity Law School Delhi, India
Best Orator Preliminary Rounds: Team 013, Anviti Chaturvedi
Best Orator Semi-Finals: Team 031, Sambit Nanda
Best Orator Grand Final: Team 031, Sambit Nanda
Best Complainant Written Submission: Team 031, Amity Law School,
Delhi, India
Best Respondent Written Submission: Team 062, Xiamen University,
China
Best Overall Written Submission: Team 043, National Taiwan University,
Taiwan
One of the main sponsors of EMC2, the World Trade Insitute (WTI) provided
the following prizes for the Winner and the best Orator of the Regional
Rounds: free participation (no course fees) in two weeks of the World Trade
Institute Summer Academy 2013 or 2014 or in the WTI-CUHK Summer
Programme on Intellectual Property in Hong Kong 2013/2014 or a
combination of both or or a two MILE à la carte courses 2013/2014 or a
partial tuition fee waiver for the MILE programme.
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One of the sponsors of EMC2, IELPO (University of Barcelona) provided 40
hours of IELPO Specialized courses per team member for each best written
submission to be used 2013 or 2014 or a partial tuition fee waiver of the
IELPO programme.
This Asia-Pacific Round was very special since it was the first one organized in
cooperation with the Asian Law Students’ Association (ALSA), especially
ALSA Taiwan. It was a great pleasure working with such a big, well-organized
and always friendly Organising Committee, consisting of Yang Ya-Chu,
Xu-Chen-Yu, Yu-Kung Wu, Yu-Yan Jung, Hui-Ping Wang, You-Jun Hsieh,
Lin Hui-Tzu. They took well care of the panelists and participants and brought
Taipei closer to all of us. Special thanks go also to the timekeepers who are
essential for the competition to be in order! I would like to thank them for all
their hard work, commitment and kind treatment.
Corinna Mückenheim
Vice President for Moot Court Competitions
ELSA International 2012/2013
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The All American Regional Round took place from the 11th to the 16th of
March in San José, Costa Rica. The pleadings were held in the Holiday Inn
Hotel Escazu and the BLP Abogados law firm. The Head of the Organising
Committee was Valeria Tiffer from the Asociacion Costarricense de Derecho
Internacional (ACODI) together with numerous helpers.
Prof Mauricio Salas – Partner BLP Abogados, Professor University of
Costa Rica
Santiago Wills – Associate Lewin & Wills law firm Bogota, Colombia
Jennifer Hillman – former WTO Appellate Body member
Jaime Granados – Inter-American Development Bank
Carlos Angulo – Associate BLPO Abogados
Esteban Agüero – Associate Aguilar Castillo Love
Luis Adolfo Fernández – Chief Legal Affairs Ministry of Foreign Trade,
Costa Rica
Ricardo Zúñiga – Director of Foreign Investment, Ministry of Foreign
Trade, Costa Rica
Gregory Spak – Partner White and Case Washington D.C., US
Daniela Gómez Altamirano – Editorial Assistant to Prof. John H. Jackson
for the Journal of International Economic Law at Georgetown University
Jesse Nicol – WTO Appellate Body Secretariat
Maria Carolina Pelaez – Professor Universidad the Costa Rica
Alan Thompson – Partner Bufete Thompson & Asociados law firm, Costa
Rica
Velia Govaere – Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Costa Rica
Sergio Navas – Professor at University Fundepos, Costa Rica
Neftalí Garro – Partner BLP Abogados, Costa Rica
Arlina Gómez – Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica
Victor Murillo – Regional Attorney for Central America, Walmart
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North America
Team 015 – Queen’s University, Canada
Team 017 – University of Ottawa, Canada
Team 020 – University of Missouri-Kansas City, US
Team 036 – University of Kansas, US
Team 054 – Harvard University, US
Team 082 – American University, Washington College of Law, US
Latin America
Team 001 – University Sergio Arboleda, Colombia
Team 038 – University de los Andes, Colombia
Team 040 – Pontificia University Javeriana, Colombia
Team 053 – University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
Team 060 – University Externado de Colombia, Colombia
Team 070 – Pontificia University Catolica de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Team 080 – University del Rosario, Colombia
The scores of the preliminary rounds are calculated as follows: 30 % Written
Submission Scores and 70 % Oral Pleading Scores. The Written Submissions
were assessed by 4 Panelists for each team minus the penalty points according
to the rules. The Oral Pleadings were asses by 3 Panelists each and thus, 3
scores were given, divided by 3.
Team WS
Compl
ainant
WS
Respo
ndent
Overall
WS
Scores
OP
Compla
inant
OP
Respon
dent
Overall OP
Scores
Total
WS
and
OP
054 84,625 91,875 88,25 96,25 94,75 95,5 93,325
082 91,5 85,875 88,6875 86,75 89,66667 88,208333 88,352
083
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015 75,625 81,875 78,75 91.33333 87.33333
3
89.3333 86.158
333
036 79,625 84,25 81,9375 86,91666
67
86,41666
67
86,66667 85,247
9166
017 67,5 80 73,75 88,75 90,5 89,625 84,862
5
020 73,125 82 77,5625 76,5 84,25 80,375 79,531
25
Team WS
Compla
inant
WS
Respo
ndent
Overall
WS
Scores
OP
Compla
inant
OP
Respon
dent
Overall OP
Scores
Total
WS
and
OP
Scores
038 83,125 79,5 81,125 85,66667 91,75 88,70833 86,489
5833
040 77,75 71,875 74,8125 87,58333 84,3333 85,958333 82,614
5833
060 69 67 68 86,55 77,75 82,15 77,905
053 83,875 77,125 80,5 83,16666
7
62,33333 72,75 75,075
070 68,75 68,125 68,43785 73,25 76,91666
67
75,083333 73,089
58333
080 83,125 79,625 81,375 76,16666
7
60,16666
7
68,166667 72,129
1667
001 73,125 67,25 7,1875 65,33333 63,33333 64,3333 66,089
5833
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5.5.1.1. SF 1
Team Role Overall Score
036 Complainant 80,5
082 Respondent 84,0625
5.5.1.2. SF 2
Team Role
Overall Score
054 Complainant 90,5625
015 Respondent 90,0625
5.5.2.1. SF 1
Team Role Overall Score
040 Complainant 83,875
053 Respondent 74,6875
5.5.2.1. SF 2
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Team Role Overall Score
038 Complainant 82,9375
060 Respondent 76,25
Team
Role
Score
082 Complainant 77,958333
054 Respondent 81,298333
Team
Role
Score
040 Complainant 88,58333
038 Respondent 90,16667
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5.7.1.1. North America
Team
Name
Complainant
Score
Respondent
Score
Overall
Score
054 Al-Amyn Sumar 96,91667 95,8333 96,375
054 Colette van der Ven 90,41667 94,5833 92,5
054 Derrick Sutter 90,75 93,5 92,125
082 Christine Casaceli 87,16667 90,6667 88,916667
036 Ryan Thornton 88,58333 86,4167 87,5
036 Bruno Simoes 86,16667 87 86,58333
017 Laura McLennan 85,83333 87 86,416667
082 Lindsay Heebner 85,41667 85,8333 85,625
017 Rhema Chi Jing Kang 86,3333 84 85,166667
020 Andrew Alexander 79,08333 86 82,5416667
020 Jason Schurke 78,5 75,1667 76,83333
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015 Aarondeep Singh
Bains
0 92,8333 46,416667
015 Ashook Menen
Tekkurishii
92,5 0 45,25
017 Nicholas John
William Sampson
0 92,5 46,25
015 Alexandra K W
Shelley
0 91,9167 45,958333
017 Ella Aisaeh 91,75 0 45,875
036 Matthew O’Neill 90,5 0 45,25
015 Eric David Buist 90,25 0 45,125
082 Yue Heng Loke 0 89,0833 44,5416667
036 Jade Martin 0 87 43,5
020 Quentin Templeton 0 86,333 43,416667
082 Thomas Kirby 86,416667 0 43,208333
020 Chelsea Braun 78,6667 0 39,3333
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5.7.1.2. Latin America
Team Name
Complainant
Score
Respondent
Score
Overall
Score
040 Nicolas Esguerra 91,25 85,917 88,58333
060 Samuel Trujillo 90,41667 79,917 85,166667
070 Heloisa Figueiredo
Ferraza Vianna
81,08333 83,75 82,416667
060 Daniela Maria Rojas
Garcia
84,16667 77,75 80,958333
080 Alejandro Jaramillo 77 63,167 70,08333
080 Simon Hernandez 75,416667 58,667 67,416667
001 Daniela Munoz
Gonzalez
65,5 67 66,25
070 Barbara Castro 60,16667 71,417 65,7916667
001 Diego Andres Jimenez
Alfonso
66,08333 62,083 64,08333
038 Paula Daniela Cala 0 91,75 45,875
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038 Ana Maria Garces 0 91,333 45,66667
038 Nicolas Eduardo
Ramos
86,16667 0 43,98333
038 Ana Carolina Ramirez 85,25 0 42,625
053 Javier Santizo
Mansylla
83,6667 0 41,83333
040 Daniel Orduz 0 83,583 41,7916666
7
40 Miguel Andres Torres 82,916667 0 41,458333
053 Ana Rocia Monzon
Woc
81,08333 0 40,5416667
070 Luis Fernando Asad 0 79,333 39,66667
070 Julia Antunes Mariani 66,16667 0 33,208333
053 Martin Andres Barillas
Aragon
0 63,75 31,875
053 Esther Marbella Zea
Bobadilla
0 62,5 31,25
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5.7.2.1. North America
Team
Name
Score
054 Al-Amyn Sumar 95
015 Aarondeep Singh Bains 95
054 Colette van der Ven 92,3125
015 Alexandra K W Shelley 87,1875
082 Lindsay Heebner 86,375
054 Derrick Sutter 84,8125
036 Ryan Thornton 84,0625
082 Christine Casaceli 83,1875
082 Yue Heng Loke 81,5625
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036 Bruno Simoes 81,4375
5.7.2.2. Latin America
Team
Name
Score
038 Nicolas Eduardo 87,4375
040 Nicolas Esguerra 86
040 Miguel Andres Torres 80,6875
060 Samuel Trujillo 74,875
060 Daniela Maria Rojas Garcia 74,875
038 Ana Carolina Ramirez 74,5
053 Esther Marbella Zea 73,5
053 Martin Andres Barillas Aragon 72,375
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5.7.3.1. North America
Team Name Score
054 Al-Amyn Sumar 85,58333
054 Colette van der Ven 83,708333
082 Christine Casaceli 82,25
082 Lindsay Heebner 79,3333
054 Derrick Sutter 76,458333
5.7.3.2. Latin America
Team Name Score
040 Nicolas Esguerra 92,708333
038 Ana Maria Garces 90,5
38 Paula Daniela Cala 90,2833
040 Miguel Andres Torres 83,41667
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Winner North America: Team 054, Harvard University
Best Orator Preliminary Rounds: Al-Amyn Sumar, Team 054
Best Orator Semi-finals: Al-Amyn Sumar, Team 054 and Aarondeep Singh
Bains, Team 015
Best Orator Grand Final: Al-Amyn Sumar
Best Written Submission Complainant: Team 82, American University,
Washington College of Law
Best Written Submission Respondent: Team 054, Harvard University
Best Written Submission Overall: Team 82, American University,
Washington College of Law
Winner Latin America: Team 038, University de los Andes, Colombia
Best Orator Preliminary Rounds: Nicolas Esguerra, Team 040
Best Orator Semi-finals: Nicolas Eduardo, Team 038
Best Orator Grand Final: Nicolas Esguerra, Team 040
Best Written Submission Complainant: Team 053, University Francisco
Marroquin, Guatemala
Best Written Submission Respondent: Team 080, University del Rosario,
Colombia
Best Written Submission Overall: Team 080, University del Rosario,
Colombia
One of the main sponsors of EMC2, the World Trade Institute (WTI) provided
the following prizes for the Winner and the best Orator of the Regional
Rounds: free participation (no course fees) in two weeks of the World Trade
Institute Summer Academy 2013 or 2014 or in the WTI-CUHK Summer
Programme on Intellectual Property in Hong Kong 2013/2014 or a
combination of both or or a two MILE à la carte courses 2013/2014 or a
partial tuition fee waiver for the MILE programme.
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One of the sponsors of EMC2, IELPO (University of Barcelona) provided 40
hours of IELPO Specialized courses per team member for each best written
submission to be used 2013 or 2014 or a partial tuition fee waiver of the
IELPO programme.
This round was also a very special one since it was organized almost fully by
former participants of the 10th edition of the ELSA Moot Court Competition.
I would like to thank ACODI for agreeing to host the competition and for
bringing the wonderful country of Costa Rica closer to all of us. They were
very professional, friendly and the timekeepers did a great job! I would like to
thank as well all the Organising Committee members Fernanda Jiménez, Diana
Jiménez, Elia Naranjo, Diego Soto, José Jaime Villalobos, Andrea Zumbado,
Valeria Tiffer and especially Prof Salas for their motivation, enthusiasm and
great contribution to the competition.
Corinna Mückenheim
Vice President for Moot Court Competitions
ELSA International 2012/2013
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The first ELSA Regional Round organized by the Local Group ELSA Cluj-
Napoca took place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania from the 20th to the 24th of March
2013. The pleadings took place in the Grand Hotel Napoca, the Court in Cluj-
Napoca and was sponsored by Babes-Boylai University - Faculty of Law. The
Head of the Organizing Committee was Gabriel Tamas together with
numerous helpers.
Diana Olar – Professor Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
Yen-Ching Joseph Chao – Third Secretary at the Taiwan Mission to the
WTO
Judith Czako – Legal Officer, WTO
Gary Horlick – Partner Law Offices of Gary N. Horlick Washington D.C.,
US; Professor Georgetown University Law Center
Ilmars Naglis – Assistant Professor Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-
Napoca, Romania
Delia Orabona – Legal Officer, ALTIUS law firm Brussels, Belgium
Andrei Suse – Consultant Dentons’ Brussels office, Belgium
Team 006 – University of Berne, Switzerland
Team 008 – Martin Luther University Halle, Germany
Team 019 – Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, Russia
Team 039 – National Research University Higher School of Economics,
Russia
Team 044 – University of Szeged, Hungary
Team 048 – Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine
Team 052 – University of Barcelona, Spain
Team 055 – National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of
Law, Greece
Team 057 – Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
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Team 058 – University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Team 064 – Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Team 065 – London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Team WS
Compla
inant
WS
Respo
ndent
Overall
WS
Scores
OP
Compla
inant
OP
Respon
dent
Overall
OP
Scores
Total
WS and
OP
055 93,5 87 90,25 82,08333 94,16667 87,125 88,0625
048 63,625 81,5 72,5625 86,33333
3
86,75 86,79166
67
82,52229
166
006 82,75 88,5 85,625 82,33333 76,5 79,41666
7
81,27916
667
058 76,5 77,875 77,1875 80 85,5 82,75 81,08125
008 63 64,875 63,9375 82,66666
7
81,66666
7
82,16667 76,69791
667
065 84,375 87,75 86,0625 72,91666
7
70,5 71,70833
3
76,01458
33
019 79,75 39,625 59,6875 80,25 73,25 76,75 71,63125
057 61,875 62,875 62,375 67,66667 80,66667 74,16666
7
70,62916
6
064 63,5 67 65,25 71,33333 65,41666
7
68,375 67,4375
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039 66,875 48,75 57,8125 83,33333
3
56,58333
3
70,20833
3
66,48958
33
052 72,625 74,875 73,75 69,58333 49 59,29111
66
63,62916
6
044 58,25 47,5 52,875 59,58333
3
74,5 67,04166
7
62,79166
67
Team Role Overall Score
006 Complainant 92,25
055 Respondent 95,8333
Team Role
Overall Score
058 Complainant 85,58333
048 Respondent 85,33333
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Team
Role
Score
055 Complainant 93,916667
058 Respondent 85,208333
Team
Name
Complainant
Score
Respondent
Score
Overall
Score
048 Olesia Kryvetska 87,25 88,16667 87,708333
055 Nikolaos
Makrygiannis
82 92,08333 87,0416667
055 Aikaterini Charara 79,9166667 94,08333 87
055 Maria Kotsi 80,58333 89,58333 85,08333
058 Wanhui Ou 79,16667 88,916667 84,0416667
006 Rika Koch 86,333 81,25 83,7916667
048 Vitalii Danylchenko 80 84,3333 82,166667
019 Svetlana Shchipakova 85,166667 76 80,583333
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057 Linas Vastakas 68 83,25 75,625
058 Daniel Mandrescu 72,3333 78,4166667 75,375
065 Caitlyn Conyers 74,25 71,5 72,875
039 Evgeniia Soloveva 85,3333 57,83333 71,58333
019 Ekaterina Orlova 68,916667 71,916667 70,4166667
039 Zarina Khetagurova 84,083333 56,58333 70,33333
065 James Douglas 71,3333 69,16667 70,25
039 Elena Tonenkova 77,83333 56,66667 67,25
064 Sandra Särav 65,58333 65,58333 65,58333
008 Kira-Leticia Sprick 86,75 0 43,375
048 Mariya-Krhystyna
Koriy
83,3333 0 41,66667
044 Aron Paldeak 0 82,16667 41,08333
058 Nina Korestenbroek 81,75 0 40,875
008 Torben Knoedler 0 81,75 40,875
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006 Mara Benita 81,25 0 40,625
008 Alice Bertram 0 81,08333 40,5416667
008 Marc Loesewitz 78,8333 0 39,416667
057 Vytautas Treigys 0 77,916667 38,958333
064 Rasmus Saviranta 74,08333 0 37,0416667
006 Gilles Voigt 0 72 36
064 Matti Siiteri 71,75 0 35,875
065 Kevin Crow 0 70,333 35,166667
044 Csilla Bartos 0 69,333 34,666667
052 Alexander Huitzi 69,08333 0 34,5416667
044 Noemi Agai 60,83333 0 30,4166667
044 Mate Szabo 58,416667 0 29,208333
052 Miguel Rubio 0 49,75 24,875
052 Pablo Quiles 0 49,5833 24,7916667
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Team
Name
Score
055 Maria Kotsi 94,58333
055 Aikaterini Charara 94,3333
055 Nikolaos Makrygiannis 94,3333
006 Rika Koch 93,16667
006 Mara Wolf 92,25
058 Nina Korstenbroek 87,58333
058 Wanhui Ou 87,5
048 Olesia Kryvetska 85,58333
058 Daniel Mandrescu 82,25
048 Vitalii Danylechenko 82
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Team Name Score
055 Nikolaos Makrygiannis 94,45833
055 Aikaterini Charara 94
058 Nina Korstenbroek 91,5
055 Maria Kotsi 91,416667
058 Wanhui OU 84,3333
058 Daniel Mandrescu 79,416667
Winner: Team 055, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty
of Law, Greece
Best Orator Preliminary Rounds: Olesia Kryvetska, Team 048
Best Orator Semi-finals: Maria Kotsi, Team 055
Best Orator Grand Final: Nikolaos Makrygiannis, Team 055
Best Written Submission Complainant: Team 055, National &
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law, Greece
Best Written Submission Respondent: Team 006, University of Berne,
Switzerland
Best Written Submission Overall: Team 055, National & Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Faculty of Law, Greece
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One of the main sponsors of EMC2, the World Trade Insitute (WTI) provided
the following prizes for the Winner and the best Orator of the Regional
Rounds: free participation (no course fees) in two weeks of the World Trade
Institute Summer Academy 2013 or 2014 or in the WTI-CUHK Summer
Programme on Intellectual Property in Hong Kong 2013/2014 or a
combination of both or or a two MILE à la carte courses 2013/2014 or a
partial tuition fee waiver for the MILE programme.
One of the sponsors of EMC2, IELPO (University of Barcelona) provided 40
hours of IELPO Specialized courses per team member for each best written
submission to be used 2013 or 2014 or a partial tuition fee waiver of the
IELPO programme.
Remark from the Head of the Organising Committee:
“Hello, my name is Gabriel Tamas, I was head of the organising committee of
one ELSA Regional Round which was held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was a
great experience organising this event for the 2nd time. I would like to thank
everyone for helping ELSA Cluj-Napoca, because without your help it would
not have been such a remarkable EMC2.”
ELSA Cluj-Napoca organizes the Regional Round of the EMC2 already for
several and thus, the organization was well-structured due to years and years of
experience. The OC consisted of many ELSA members who were
professional, efficient and very friendly. The specialty was that every team had
a team guide from the Organising Committee which was very beneficial. I
would like to thank the OC and the timekeepers for a tremendous job and
their hard work, especially: Gabriel Tamas, Balint Kovacs, Alexandra Borzan,
Andrada Persu, David Boldut, Hajnal Daniel, Madalina Perte, Ioana Tataru!
ELSA Cluj-Napoca proofs to be very well-organized and I hope that they will
consider hosting the event in future years again!
Corinna Mückenheim
Vice President for Moot Court Competitions
ELSA International 2012/2013
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The last Regional Round of the 11th edition was organized by ELSA FDUP in
Porto, Portugal from the 26th to the 30th of March 2013. The pleadings were
held in the University of Porto, Faculty of Law. The Head of the Organising
Committee was Liliana Silveira de Freitas together with numerous helpers.
Nathalie McNelis – Counsel VVGB Advocats Brussels, Belgium
Shanda Gulzar Khan – Legal Affairs Officer, Permanent Mission of
Pakistan to the WTO
Michael Loizou – European Court of Justice
Sofya Matteotti – Legal Research Fellow, World Trade Institute Bern,
Switzerland
Jasmin Hundorf – Consultant, United Nations Environment Porgamme
Reto Malacrida – Legal Officer, WTO
Professor Rolf Weber – Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lukasz Gruszcynski – Instiute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of
Sciences Warsaw, Poland
Team 007 – Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet Münster, Germany
Team 028 – University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Team 029 – Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies,
Switzerland
Team 032 – University of Geneva, Switzerland
Team 035 – St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Team 037 – Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Team 051 – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Team 059 – Tilburg, The Netherlands
Team 071 – University of Helsinki, Finland
Team 074 – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Team 076 – University of Warsaw, Poland
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Team 077 – National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Ukraine
Team 084 – Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Team WS
Compl
ainant
WS
Respo
ndent
Overall
WS
Scores
OP
Compl
ainant
OP
Respon
dent
Overall
OP
Scores
Total
WS and
OP
037 90,5 86,25 88,375 87,666
6667
86,75 87,208333 87,55833
33
029 80,75 78 79,375 90,916
6667
87,08333
3
89 86,1125
007 73,5 75,5 74,5 86,75 81,25 84 81,15
077 68 84,75 76,375 83,5 82,58333 83,041666
67
81,04166
67
032 88,5 64,625 76,5625 83,583
333
82,25 82,916666
7
81,01041
667
028 67,75 75,375 71,5625 79,5 82,91666
67
81,208333 78,31458
33
084 57,5 83,75 70,625 78,916
6667
81,16666
7
80,041666
67
77,21666
67
071 79,5 82,875 81,1875 74,75 75,91666
67
75,333333 77,08958
333
059 71,75 76,5 74,125 69,5 82,16666
7
75,833333 75,32083
333
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051 87,625 66,75 77,1875 85 60,66666
7
72,833333 74,13958
333
035 64,75 54,5 59,625 69,983
333
75,08333
3
72,083333 68,34583
33
076 77,25 57,75 67,5 61,25 60,5 60,875 62,8625
074 51,75 24,625 38,1875 74,666
66667
66,41666
67
70,541666
67
60,83541
667
Team Role Overall Score
029 Complainant 90,08333333
077 Respondent 83,416666667
Team Role
Overall Score
037 Complainant 84,5833333
007 Respondent 78,5
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Team
Name
Complainant
Score
Respondent
Score
Overall
Score
029 Marina Mittelbach 92,5 86,25 89,375
037 Jan-Frederik
Keustermans
86 87,5833333 86,79166667
028 Christopher
Macera
87,5 85,3333333 86,41666667
077 Iulianna
Romanchyshyna
84,3333333 87,25 85,79166666
7
029 Natsumi Oka 83,833333 87,5 85,66666667
032 Aleksandra Czajka 87,0833333 83,5 85,29166666
7
037 Julie Vanhoenacker 86,0833333 82,333333 84,20833333
Team
Role
Score
029 Complainant 86,0625
037 Respondent 87,28125
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071 Pauliina Katila 76,9166667 90,1666667 83,54166667
059 Arvind Rattan 72,25 86,9166667 79,5833333
074 Despoina
Poutakidou
83,25 74,5833333 78,91666667
028 Antony
Bartholomeusz
75,66666667 81,1666667 78,41666667
051 Hinna Anwar 84,25 68,66666667 76,54833333
059 Desirée Ramada 66,75 85,66666667 76,20833333
074 Ioannis Krekis 76,083333 74,75 75,41666667
076 Pawel Michalski 77,91666667 72,75 75,3333333
032 Marius Tauchmann 78,9166667 71,5833333 75,25
032 Joonas Metsämäki 70,91666667 79,3333333 75,125
071 Louna Taskinen 68 73,333333 70,6666667
076 Marta Kownacka 51,4166667 49,333333 50,375
029 Anastasia Smirnova 93,0833333 0 46,54166666
7
084 Armin Lambertz 0 89,5833333 44,79166666
7
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029 Nicolas Zahn 0 88,5 44,25
037 Claire Tobback 88,3333333 0 44,1666667
007 Maria Fernanda 88,0833333 0 44,04166666
7
084 Alexandra Esmel 87,08333333 0 43,54166666
7
007 Patrick Wasilczyk 86,41666667 0 43,20833333
037 Paulien Tanghe 0 86 43
084 Sandra Menke 82,91666667 0 41,4583333
051 Nanna Schaufuss 82,5 0 41,25
035 Alina Davletshina 0 81,75 40,875
077 Nataliia Chernenko 0 80,8333333 40,41666667
007 Lili Popov 0 80 40
007 Rika Bohmann 0 78,4166667 39,20833333
084 Stephanie Kohl 0 78,0833333 39,04166666
67
074 Eleni Melliou 73 0 36,5
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059 S.I. van Harten 0 73 36,5
074 Adam Marios 0 69,4166667 34,7083333
071 Jenni Asikainen 64,5 0 32,25
051 Bo Hansen 0 61,3333333 30,66666667
076 Magdalena Chalas 57 0 28,5
Team
Name
Score
029 Marina Mittelbach 93,1666667
029 Anastasia Smirnova 89,25
077 Iulianna Romanchystyna 87
037 Claire Tobback 86,25
029 Natsumi Oka 81,91666667
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077 Nataliia Chernenko 80,25
037 Jan-Frederik Keustermans 79,833333
007 Lili Popov 79,5
037 Julie Vanhoenacker 77
007 Rika Bohmann 75,75
Team Name Score
037 Jan-Frederik Keustermans 92
029 Anastasia Smirnova 89,90625
029 Marina Mittelbach 89,15625
037 Julie Vanhoenacker 85,34375
037 Paulien Tanghe 84,0625
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029 Natsumi Oka 80,5
Winner: Team 037, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Best Orator Preliminary Rounds: Team 029, Marina Mittelbach
Best Orator Semi-finals: Team 029, Marina Mittelbach
Best Orator Grand Final: Jan-Frederik Keustermans, Team 037
Best Written Submission Complainant: Team 037
Best Written Submission Respondent: Team 037
Best Written Submission Overall: Team 037, Catholic University of
Leuven, Belgium
One of the main sponsors of EMC2, the World Trade Insitute (WTI) provided
the following prizes for the Winner and the best Orator of the Regional
Rounds: free participation (no course fees) in two weeks of the World Trade
Institute Summer Academy 2013 or 2014 or in the WTI-CUHK Summer
Programme on Intellectual Property in Hong Kong 2013/2014 or a
combination of both or or a two MILE à la carte courses 2013/2014 or a
partial tuition fee waiver for the MILE programme.
One of the sponsors of EMC2, IELPO (University of Barcelona) provided 40
hours of IELPO Specialized courses per team member for each best written
submission to be used 2013 or 2014 or a partial tuition fee waiver of the
IELPO programme.
ELSA FDUP was appointed for the first time to be the host of a Regional
Round of the EMC2. It was a pleasure working together with them in the
breathtaking city of Porto. The Organising Committee and the timekeepers did
their best to contribute to the competition. The specialty of this Regional
Round was that one team was awarded with the ELSA Spirit trophee of being
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the most social team. I would like to thank the OC for a wonderful last
Regional Round of this years’ edition!
Corinna Mückenheim
Vice President for Moot Court Competitions
ELSA Internaitonal 2012/2013
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The Final Oral Round of the 11th edition of the ELSA Moot Court
Competition on WTO law took place in Geneva, Switzerland from the 30th of
April to the 5th of May 2013. The Preliminary Pleadings and Quarter Finals
were held in the Graduate Institutes’ breathtaking Villa Rigot and Villa Barton.
The Semi-Finals took place in Room D and E in the WTO Headquarters. The
Grand Final took place in the historical big conference room of the WTO.
Prof Herrmann – Professor, University of Passau, Germany
Shandana Khan – Legal Affairs Officer, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to
the WTO
Santiago Wills – Associate Lewin & Wills law firm Bogota, Colombia
Judith Czako - Legal Officer, WTO
Chibole Wakoli – Legal officer, WTO
Kevin Chun-Ming Chen – Legal Adviser, Taiwan Mission to the WTO
Alejandro Sanchez – Counsellor, Advisory Centre on WTO law
Alan Yanovich – Counsellor, WTO
Reto Malacrida – Counsellor, WTO
Claus D. Zimmermann – Associate Sidley Austin LLP Geneva,
Switzerland
Christina Schröder – former Senior Counsellor WTO
Maria Pereyra – Counsellor WTO
Victoria Donaldson – WTO Appellate Body Secretariat
Ruosi Zhang – Counsellor WTO
Philippe Vlaemminck – Partner ALTIUS, Brussels, Belgium
Prof Cottier – Managing Director World Trade Institute, Bern,
Switzerland
Michelle Healy – Counsellor WTO
Hannes Schloemann - Partner MSBH Bernzen Sonntag Lawyers,
Switzerland
Jan Bohanes – Counsellor, Advisory Centre on WTO law
Jorge Castro – Counsellor WTO
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Jesse Kreier – Counsellor WTO
Werner Zdouc – Director of the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat
Marc Auboin – Counsellor WTO
Juan Marchetti – Counsellor WTO
Valerie Hughes – Director of the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO
DG Alejandro Jara – Deputy Director General of the WTO
Arancha Gonzalez - Chief of Staff of the oft he Director General Pascal
Lamy
Team 030 – The University of Hong Kong, China
Team 026 – Renmin University, China
Team 031 – Amity Law School, Delhi, India
Team 013 – The West Bengal National University of Juridical Science,
India
Team 054 – Harvard University, US
Team 082 – American University, Washington College of Law, US
Team 015 – Queen’s University, Canada
Team 036 – University of Kansas, US
Team 040 – Pontificia University Javeriana, Colombia
Team 060 – University Externado de Colombia, Colombia
Team 053 – University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
Team 038 – University de los Andes, Colombia
Team 006 – University of Berne, Switzerland
Team 055 – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Team 058 – University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Team 048 – Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine
Team 037 – Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Team 029 – Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
Team 007 – Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster, Germany
Team 077 – National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
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The Preliminary Round Scores calculate as follows: all points given by 3
panelists for each side were divided by 3. Complainant and Respondent were
added and divided by 2. The maximum score to reach was 100.
Team OP Complainant OP Respondent Overall OP Scores
038 97,75 89,58333 93,6666667
054 90,16667 97 93,583333
026 89,25 92,91667 91,0833333
013 87,33333 94,833333 91,0833333
029 89,75 88,91667 89,333333
053 87,25 91,33333 89,2916667
030 96,25 82,08333 89,16666667
040 88 86,16667 87,0833333
015 83,75 89,58333 86,666667
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055 91,58333 80,75 86,166667
082 84,41667 85,58333 85
031 85,33333 82,16667 83,75
077 90,33333 76,58333 83,4583333
037 87,25 76,5 81,875
036 73 89,41667 81,2083333
007 81,33333 75,41667 78,375
060 77,75 78,75 78,25
048 80,91667 75,16667 78,0416667
058 79,16667 71,16667 75,1666667
006 77,75 58,416667 68,0833333
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Team
Role
Score
040 Complainant 92,0833333
038 Respondent 83,4166667
Team
Role
Score
030 Complainant 88,6666667
054 Respondent 86,6666667
Team
Role
Score
053 Complainant 85,9166667
026 Respondent 82,75
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Team
Role
Score
029 Complainant 94,0833333
013 Respondent 95,5833333
Team
Role
Score
030 Complainant 90,2
013 Respondent 83,75
Team
Role
Score
040 Complainant 93,25
053 Respondent 90
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Team
Role
Score
040 Complainant 100
030 Respondent 96,5
The Individual score of each participant calculates as follows: scores of the
complainant and respondent divided by 2. The maximum points to reach were
100. Each speaker had to plead on both sides and at least 10 minutes to be
eligible for the best orator award.
Team
Name
Complainant
Score
Respondent
Score
Overall Score
013 Anvitit Chaturvedi 90,8333333 96,41666667 93,625
054 Derrick Sutter 90,5 94,9166667 92,70833333
013 Aanchal Dalal 89,1666667 95,333333 92,25
026 Dewei Cheng 93,833333 89 91,41666667
054 Colette van der
Ven
87,1666667 93,9166667 90,54166667
055 Maria Kotsi 90,1666667 89,9166667 90,04166667
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029 Natsumi Oka 91,3333333 88,16666667 89,75
030 Ming Chung Ng 90,5833333 88,5 89,54166667
037 Jan-Frederik
Keustermans
86,333333 91,0833333 88,70833333
040 Nicolas Esguerra 88,33333 88 88,166667
026 Beiming Liu 89,25 87 88,125
029 Marina Mittelbach 91,5833333 83,0833333 87,333333
082 Lindsay Heebner 86,5 86 86,25
031 Sambit Nanda 87,9166667 83,75 85,833333
037 Julie Vanhoenacker 83 87,9166667 85,4583333
036 Ryan Thornton 78,5833333 92,25 85,41666667
060 Samuel Trujillo 79,0833333 91 85,041666667
077 Nataliia Chernenko 90,5 79,25 84,875
077 Iulianna
Romanchyshyna
91,5 76,33333 83,91666667
055 Aikaterini Charara 90,583333 76,9166667 83,75
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082 Christine Casaceli 84,666667 80,833333 82,75
055 Nikolaos
Makrygiannis
91,583333 70,91666667 81,25
031 Yuvraj Khanna 84,25 76,91666667 80,5833333
058 Wanhui Ou 88 73 80,5
048 Vitalii
Danylchenko
83,8333333 74,5 79,1666667
036 Bruno Simoes 69,833333 87,666667 78,75
048 Olesia Kryvetska 78,583333 74,5 76,54166667
058 Daniel Mandrescu 71,666667 66,25 68,9583333
038 Nicolas Eduardo
Ramos
98,333333 0 49,16666667
054 Al-Amyn Sumar 0 98,333333 49,16666667
030 Ching Ha Natalie
Lam
94,5 0 47,25
030 Man Fung Ivan
Leung
93,9166667 0 46,9583333
038 Ana Carolina
Ramirez
93,6666667 0 46,833333
053 Martin Andres
Barillas Aragon
0 93,16666667 46,583333
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037 Claire Tobback 93 0 46,5
053 Esther Marbella
Yea Bobadilla
0 91,5833333 45,79166667
015 Aarondeep Singh
Bains
0 91,5833333 45,79166667
038 Paula Daniela Cala 0 90,833333 45,4166667
015 Alexandra K W
Shelley
0 90,166667 45,0833333
029 Anastasia
Smirnova
88,8333333 0 44,4166667
007 Maria Monteiro 88,8333333 0 44,4166667
053 Javier Santizo
Mansylla
88,75 0 44,375
036 Jade Martin 0 88,6666667 44,3333333
038 Ana Maria Garces 0 88,5 44,25
029 Nicolas Zahn 0 88,0833333 44,041666667
082 Thomas Kirby 87,666667 0 43,833333
037 Paulien Tanghe 0 86 43
015 Ashook Menen
Tekkurishii
85,5833333 0 42,79166667
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053 Ana Rocio
Monzon Woc
84 0 42
030 Hei Tung Zita
Chan
0 82,833333 41,41666667
040 Miguel Torres 82,5 0 41,25
082 Yue Heng Loke 0 81,583333 40,79166667
015 Eric David Buist 80,0833333 0 40,04166667
040 Daniel Orduz 0 79,91666667 39,9583333
006 Rika Koch 79,1666667 0 39,5833333
007 Lili Popov 0 78,833333 39,41666667
006 Mara Benita Wolf 78,5 0 39,25
060 Daniela Maria
Rojas Garcia
0 77,583333 38,79166667
036 Matthew O’Neill 77,41666667 0 38,70833333
007 Patrick Wasilczyk 74,5833333 0 37,29166667
007 Rika Bohmann 0 71,5833333 35,79166667
040 Mariya-Khrystyna
Koziy
0 69 34,5
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006 Gabriela
Wermelinger
0 61,9166667 30,95833333
006 Gilles Vogt 0 57,5 28,75
Team
Role
Score
013 Anviti Chaturvedi 97,583333
029 Marina Mittelbach 95,75
029 Anastasia Smirnova 95,1666667
029 Natsumi Oka 94,0833333
013 Aanchal Dalal 93,8333333
040 Nicolas Esguerra 93,666667
054 Al-Amyn Sumar 92
030 Ming Chung Ng 92
053 Javier Santizo 88,66667
053 Ana Rocia Monzon Woc 88
030 Ching Ha Lam Natalie 87,6666667
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038 Ana Maria Garces 86,9166667
030 Man Fung Leung 86,66667
054 Colette van der Ven 86,33333
040 Miguel Torres 85
054 Derrick Sutter 85
026 Cheng Dewei 84,666667
038 Paula Daniela Cala 82,833333
026 Beiming Liu 82,833333
Team
Role
Score
040 Nicolas Esguerra 95,35
030 Man Fung Leung 91,5
053 Martin Barillas 89,9
030 Ching Ha Lam Natalie 89,65
040 Miguel Torres 86,95
053 Esther Zea 86,9
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013 Anviti Chaturvedi 83,9
013 Aanchal Dalal 83,45
Team
Role
Score
040 Nicolas Esguerra 100
030 Ching Ha Lam Natalie 95
030 Hei Tung Chan 92,5
040 Miguel Torres 92,5
030 Ming Chung Ng 87,5
Winner: Team 040, Pontificia University Javeriana, Colombia
Runner-up: Team 030, University of Hong Kong, China
Best Orator Preliminary Rounds: Team 013, Anviti Chaturvedi
Best Orator Semi-Finals: Nicolas Esguerra
Best Orator Grand Final – Werner Zdouc Award - : Nicolas Esguerra
Best Complainant Written Submission – Gabrielle Marceau Award - :
Team 054, Harvard University, US
Best Respondent Written Submission – Valerie Hughes Award - : Team
037, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
Best 3rd Overall Written Submission – WTO DG Award- : Team 026,
Renmin University, China
Best 2nd Overall Written Submission – WTO DG Award - : Team 037,
Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
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Best Overall Written Submission – WTO DG Award - : Team 054,
Harvard University, US
One of the main sponsors of EMC2, the World Trade Insitute (WTI) provided
the following prizes for the Winner of the Final Oral Round: free participation
(no course fees) for up to 5 weeks of the World Trade Institute Summer
Academy 2013 or 2014. Two of the above five weeks could be redeemed in the
WTI-CUHK Summer Programme on Intellectual Property in Hong Kong
20143 or 2014. Alternatively, one of the five weeks could be redeemed for a
MILE à la carte course in the 2013/2014 academic year.
One of the sponsors of EMC2, IELPO (University of Barcelona) provided 80
hours of IELPO Specialized courses per team member for each best written
submission to be used 2013 or 2014 or a partial tuition fee waiver of the
IELPO programme.
The firm Globe law and Business provided the book “World Trade Law in
Practice” for free for the winning team.
The office of White and Case in Brussels offers all best orators an interview for
a possible internship in their branch in Geneva or Washington.
The WTO provided material prizes to all participants who received an award.
On the 3rd of May, 5.30pm in room S1 in the WTO a very inspiring Career
Panel took place. The WTO invited several individuals to further provide the
participants of the competition with information about the international
trading system and the roles of lawyers within it, their experiences working in
international trade law and how to pursue a legal career in international trade
law.
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The following individuals provided a very diverse and interesting informative
session to more than 80 students which was chaired by Ms Valerie Hughes
from the WTO:
Thorsten Bartsch, Head of Europe and Middle East Commercial Legal
Group and Geneva Legal Office, Caterpillar Inc.
Pablo Bentes, Director International Trade and Investment, Steptoe and
Johson, Washington DC
Mateo Ferrero, Legal Affairs Officer, Appellate Body Secretariat, WTO
Alicia Greenidge, President and CEO Summit Alliances International
Jorge Huerta Goldman, Director TILPA –Trade and Investment Law
Cherise Valles, Deputy Director Advisory Centre on WTO law
Shandana Khan, Legal Advisor to the Pakistan Mission to the WTO
The Final Oral Round was brought back to the WTO Headquarters in Geneva
for the 11th edition. For the first time in a long period, the competition was
organized again by ELSA International, in particular the Vice President for
Moot Court Competitions, in cooperation with an International Organising
Committee. For the first time, the participation fees were drastically reduced
due to the fact that accommodation and meals were not provided anymore.
For this reason, for the first time 20 teams could be invited to participate from
each part of the world. I would like to thank the WTO, the IOC members, the
hardworking timekeepers and the Graduate Institute and our sponsors for the
big support they have provided! It was a real pleasure to work together with all
of them and I hope that all participants and panelists were satisfied. It was a
very inspiring week in Geneva!
Corinna Mückenheim
Vice President for Moot Court Competitions
ELSA International 2012/2013